Is it too much to ask that our elected representatives actually read the Constitution that they take an oath to uphold?
There’s been a lot of talk about the need for an expanded code of ethics for the Supreme Court, and Congress — specifically, congressional Democrats — have been seeking to codify such a requirement. On Wednesday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with other Senate Republicans, put the kibosh on a bill requiring exactly that.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other Republican senators on Wednesday blocked a bill requiring the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct and create a mechanism to enforce it in the wake of several high-profile controversies.
The legislation, the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act, would require Supreme…
